Here’s our weekly round-up of results from New Zealand’s top regional women’s and men’s competitions, including the Northern, Southern and Central Leagues.
The Wellington Phoenix’s men’s A-League season came to an end, while Auckland City continued their progress at the OFC Men’s Champions League in Tahiti.
Here’s our round-up for the weekend of May 17-19, 2024:
Results
OFC Men’s Champions League
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
Group A
Hekari United 2 (Joseph Joe 55’ pen, Solomon Rani 62’)
Rewa 3 (Samu Kautoga 41’, 74′, Tevita Waranaivalu 90+5′)
Group A
Auckland City 5 (Dylan Manickum 40′, 49′, 60′ pen, Stipe Ukich 66′ pen, Ryan De Vries 75′)
Solomon Warriors 0
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Game played on Friday May 17, 2024
Group B
AS Pirae 5 (Yohann Tihoni 10’, Etienne Tave 14’, Ariiura Labaste 52′, 63′, Heirauarii Salem 72′)
Ifira Black Bird 1 (Kerry Iawak 27′)
Games played on Sunday May 19, 2024
Group B
Vaivase-tai 1 (Alton Leiataua 55’)
Ifira Black Bird 5 (Johnathan Spokeyjack 8’, 28’, Tony Kalotang 20’, Godine Tenene 22’, Johndas Thomas 87′)
Group B
AS Magenta 0
AS Pirae 0
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Men’s A-League
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
Semi-final 2, second leg
Wellington Phoenix 1 (Oskar Zawada 90+9′)
Melbourne Victory 2 (Adama Traoré 82′, Chris Ikonomidis 102′)
*After extra time. Victory win 2-1 on aggregate.
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Semi-final 1, second leg
Central Coast Mariners 0
Sydney 0
*Mariners win 2-0 on aggregate.
Northern League
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
West Coast Rangers 2 (Sam Burfoot 19′, Allan Pearce 90+1′ pen)
East Coast Bays 2 (Ryusei Ishibashi 52′, Jack Caunter 84′)
Auckland United 2 (Benjamin Wallace 22′, Daniel Atkinson 71′)
Manurewa 2 (Jerson Lagos Giraldo 5′, Hector Echague 90+6′)
Tauranga City 1 (Joel McMullan 27′)
Hamilton Wanderers 0
Melville United 1 (Thomas Cave 8′)
Bay Olympic 0
Western Springs 1 (Emiliano Tade 74′)
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Jake Mechell 84′)\
Auckland City P
Birkenhead United P
POSTPONED till July 17 due to City’s participation in OFC Champions League
Central League
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
North Wellington 2 (Blake Chandler 3′, own goal 27′)
Napier City Rovers 3 (Oscar Faulds 47′, Kieran Richards 63′, Ethan Richards 66′)
Western Suburbs 2 (Lucas Meek 27′, Charles Ostrem 57′)
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 1 (Nathan Walker 5′)
Miramar Rangers 4 (Agustin Contratti 4′, 78′, 90+3′, Sam Mason-Smith 86′ pen)
Waterside Karori 3 (Seth Ward 43′, Jack Eccles 52′, Lachlan Candy 69′)
Petone 1 (Jack O’Connor 58′)
Wellington Olympic 5 (Jesse Randall 34′, Hamish Watson 45+3′, 49′, Tor Davenport Petersen 51′, Gavin Hoy 80′)
Islands Bay United 4 (Dylan Thomson 12′, Henry Lenihan-Geels 45’+3′, Stefan Ashby 46′, Tsar Mitchener 89′)
Stop Out 3 (Xavier Coleman 9′, Darren Juru 83′, James Sutcliffe 90+6′)
Southern League
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
Coastal Spirit 2 (Apisai Rabuka 16′, Weston Bell 83′)
Dunedin City Royals 1 (Will Turner 27′)
FC Twenty 11 1 (Alexios Rodriguez 53′)
UC Football 6 (Jacob Killick 6′, 41′, 78′, Charles Kerby 36′, Cameron Gaines 73′, Pero Forman 90+7′)
Cashmere Technical 3 (Lachie McIsaac 26′, Lyle Matthysen 44′, Jack Hallahan 75′)
Nomads United 0
Selwyn United 1 (Liam Coleman 82′)
Christchurch United 5 (Matthew Brazier (2), Joel Stevens (2), David Yoo)
Game played on Sunday May 19, 2024
Nelson Suburbs 4 (Spencer Barber 40′, 58′, Ben Polak 52′, Trevin Myers 71′)
Ferrymead Bays 2 (Satsuki Ito 65′, 90+6′)
Lotto NRFL Women’s Premiership
Games played on Friday May 17, 2024
West Coast Rangers 3 (Shannon Henson 22′, 50′, Anelise Karakostas 41′)
Hibiscus Coast 2 (Gabriella Hislop 2′, Danica Urlich-Beech 69′)
Auckland United 4 (Danni Canham 59′, Charlotte Roche 70′, Rene Wasi 75′, Chloe Knott 80′)
Ellerslie 1 (Abby Wright 55′)
Games played on Sunday May 19, 2024
Fencibles United 3 (Hayley Miller 50′, Rosie Missen 52′, 70′)
Hamilton Wanderers 1 (Lily Brazendale 90+3′)
Eastern Suburbs 2 (Sam Tawharu 12′, Hannah Saxon 45+1′)
Western Springs 1 (Megan Lee 74′)
Women’s Central League
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
Petone 2 (Rebecca Otte 22′, 31′)
Wellington United Diamonds 2 (Bella Cartman 5′, Natalie Olson 73′)
Waterside Karori P
Victoria University P
*Match called off in first half after injury to referee
Moturoa 4 (Sasha Rasmussen 5′, 88′, Fernanda Toscani 40′, Ella Third 82′)
Seatoun 0
Game played on Sunday May 19, 2024
Taradale 2 (Kya Solomon 8′, 32′)
Palmerston North Marist 3 (Ruby-Aroha Gurnick 19′, Isabella Yarwood 39′, Grace Smith 73′)
Women’s South Island Qualifying League (A)
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
Dunedin City Royals 4 (own goal 22′, Hannah Mackay-Wright 66′ pen, Georgia Kennedy 68′, Charlotte Summers 90′)
Queens Park 0
Otago University 2 (Madeline McCormick 22′, Charli Marvin 63′)
Northern 0
Women’s South Island Qualifying League (B)
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
Cashmere Technical 5 (Anna McPhie 17′, Lara Wall 39′, Darsha Keogan 42′, Lainey Altieri-need 42′, own goal 86′)
Nelson Suburbs 0
Selwyn United 0
NW United 1 (Jasmine Barrett 52′ pen)
Coastal Spirit 3 (Lauren Dabner 44′, Melanie Cameron 70′, Laura Newman 89′)
Halswell United 1 (Amelia Newlands 83′)
UC Football — bye
Lotto NRFL Women’s Championship
Games played on Sunday May 19, 2024
Tauranga Moana 3 (Grace Duncan 36′, 39′, Abi Witney-Collins 89′)
Manukau United 0
Melville United 2 (Miché Cloete 8′, Laura Bennett 61′)
Onehunga Sports 1 (Hayley Bilk 41′)
Franklin United 3 (Britney Cunningham-Lee 6′, 29′, Sarah Carpenter 89′)
Central United 1 (Danika Chhour 31′)
Birkenhead United 1 (Riley Redfern-Hardisty 90+2′)
Northern Rovers 2 (Ivy Calonne 29′, 47′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
Game played on Friday May 17, 2024
Onehunga Mangere United 3 (Kai Gillespie 24′, Tom Watkinson 55′, Jamie Shipman 63′)
Northern Rovers 3 (Luke Costello 43′, Jason Hicks 52′, Jackson West 65′)
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
Hibiscus Coast 0
Mt Albert Ponsonby 0
Ellerslie 1 (Leon Van Der Heijden 57′)
Manukau United 5 (own goal 33′, Hamza Moosvi 38′, Dylan Horgan 51′, Mohammed Shah 81′, Alexander Hale 85′)
Takapuna 2 (Kerryn Friday 2′, Joao Moreira 74′ pen)
North Shore United 1 (Brodie Putt 36′ pen)
Metro 1 (Adam Creaney 60′)
Fencibles United 4 (Daniel Brunch 18′, 42′, Kodie Nicol 45+3′, 90+3′)
Franklin United 0
Ngaruawahia United 5 (Darius Palma 11′, 44′, 73′, Levi Clark 31′, Reuben Henderson 38′)
Lotto Men’s Central Federation League
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
Western 3 (Jack Flood 3′, Scott Manning 26′, Benjamin Furze 88′)
Taradale 1 (Zac Madsen 69′)
Palmerston North Marist 2 (Zac Farmer 16′, 57′)
New Plymouth Rangers 0
Havelock North Wanderers 3 (Tom Speers 19′, Guy Reeves 37′, Vinnie Mackirdy 85′)
Gisborne Thistle 0
Peringa United 3 (Domenico Squatriti 3′, 80′, Abdul Ali 19′)
Palmerston North United 3 (Nathan Cooksley 18′, Ryan McDermott 45′, Daniel McDougall 68′)
Whanganui Athletic — Bye
Lotto NRFL Men’s Northern Conference
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
Oratia United 1 (Thomas Jacobson 74′)
Albany United 4 (Santiago Pinzon Rodriguez 19′, James Chamberlain-Barlow 48′, 50′, Agustin Saint-Germes 85′)
Te Atatu 2 (Jack Kelly 54′, Maura Silva Urrutia 59′)
Bucklands Beach 0
Northland 0
Waiheke United 2 (Alejo Villasana 15′, Nicol Vanina 63′)
Waitemata 4 (Roy Van Leeuwen 24′, Shane Tanner 28′, Harry Murphy 73′, Samuel Carr 90’+3)
Beachlands Maraetai 1 (Mark Giles 44′)
Lotto NRFL Men’s Southern Conference
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
Te Awamutu 2 (Nicolas King-McRae 43′, Joel Roil 75′)
Claudelands Rovers 5 (Krishaant Singh 15′, 27′, 67′, 90+1′, Henry Stephen 45+4′ pen)
Otumoetai 1 (Liam McDonagh 71′)
Papamoa 2 (own goal 9′, Andrew Cooper 74′)
Waikato Unicol 1 (Abdul Wahid Sulieman 63′)
Cambridge 7 (Josh Clarkin 13′, 52′, 87′, Bailey Webster 34′ pen, 64′, 70′, 74′)
Ngongotaha Lakes 0
Taupo 7 (Finlay Smith 12′, 21′, Sean Barbour 25′, 44′, Kierren Flower 27′, Ahmad Zammit 37′, Liam Petersen 44′)
NRF Men’s League One
Game played on Friday May 17, 2024
Papakura City 17 (Christopher Clark 8′, Samuela Drudru 38′, 43′, 59′, 65′, 80′, Joshua Jeftha 49′, Stephen Ashby-Peckham 55′, 86′, Shahil Dave 57′, 61′, 82′, Kartik Kumar 63′, 90’+1′, 90’+3′, Benjamin Pivott 76, Shahil Kumar 78′)
Mangere United 0
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
South Auckland Rangers 2 (Emosi Navaba 19′, Netani Doli 89′)
Waiuku 1 (Paora Porter 36′)
Central United 2 (Sam Lloyd 71′, Ben Ruffell 89′ pen)
West Auckland 0
Papatoetoe 2 (own goal 38′, Vikil Vineet Prakash 76′)
Uni-Mount Bohemian 0
WaiBOP Men’s League One
Games played on Saturday May 18, 2024
Northern United 4 (Corbin Fell 19′, Liam Jessep 47′, 51′, Graham Kay 86′)
Tauranga City 2 (Sam Arthurs 37′, Logan Wright-Webb 41′)
Te Puke United 1 (Cameron Riley 19′)
West Hamilton 1 (John Cameron 8′)
Cambridge 2 (Jack McGovern 31′, 59′)
Claudelands Rovers 2 (Iyomungeri Turimuyukuri 5′, Bradley Mardon 58′)
Hamilton Wanderers 2 (Cortian Davis-Havill 40′, Sam Gordon 75′)
Otorohanga 10 (Tawhirimatea Ball 36′, 38′, 54′, 90′, 90’+2′, Mason Apperley 58′, 66′, 69′, 76′, Logan Allen 78′)
Matamata Swifts 5 (Peter Shannon 12′, Blake Bibby 32′, Reuben Davis 46′, 50′, Jamie Baxter 80′ pen)
Tokoroa 1 (Chris Teague 58′)
NRF Women’s Conference
Games played on Sunday May 19, 2024
Papakura City 3 (Ally Toailoa 25′, Joyce Barroso 38′, Danielle Swales 77′)
Te Atatu 1 (Angela Byrne 14′)
Bucklands Beach 0
Bay Olympic 5 (scorers to come)
Greenhithe Mozamba 2 (Lauren Smyth 25′, Alyssa Thomson 34′)
Beachlands Maraetai 4 (Zara Ellis 30′, Sophie Loader 50′, Erica Paterson 60′, Hailey Douglas 85′)
Northland 1 (Maia Inger 24′)
Onehunga Mangere United 2 (own goal 86′, Chelsea McMillan 89′)
WaiBOP W-League
Games played on Sunday May 19, 2024
Lakes 1 (Susi Peterson 37′)
Melville United 3 (Gabbi Greene 12′, 50′, Freya Douglas 45′)
Tauranga Blue Rovers 5 (Paige Rickard 1′, 79′, 86′, Lani Fraser 57′, 72′)
Tauranga Moana Gold 0
Cambridge 2 (Zoe Fon, Caitlin Varcoe)
Tauranga Moana Black 1 (scorer to come)
Taupo 4 (Helen Arjomandi 8′, 33′, 49′, Scarlett Rutherford 90′)
Waikato Unicol 1 (Stacey Palmer 41′)
Women’s Capital Premier League
Games played on Sunday May 19, 2024
Wellington United Sapphires 5 (Jasmine Burnard-Leppinus 4′, 45′, Ashleigh Mason 10′, Rachel Eichler 60′, Taylor Watson 86′)
Te Kotahitanga 1 (Nine Wronski 83′)
Upper Hutt City 4 (Ashleigh Gill 11′, 76′, Rebecca Stewart 54′, 87′)
Petone 9 (Brooke Chandler 23′, Stacey Otte 25′, Lucy Trenberth 28′, 35′, Beth Whiteside 39′, 74′, 89′, Hayley Gotlieb 45′, Phoebe Gray 79′)
North Wellington 3
Brooklyn Northern United 0
*Default by Brooklyn Northern United
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